As all the Japanese troops in the first trench were cleared, the two companies serving as reserves 400 meters away from the rear also all entered the trenches that once belonged to the Japanese army.
On the second line of defense dug by the Japanese army 300 meters away, nearly 2,000 Japanese troops stood ready, all with tense faces, waiting for the next Chinese attack.
If nothing goes as expected, they shouldn't have to wait too long. It's getting dark. Night fighting is almost a Chinese patent, and they will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue it.
However, after the disastrous defeat just now on the front line of the main position, the Japanese invaders no longer have the pride of being invincible in the field of the Imperial Japanese Army. In the battle half an hour ago, the Chinese did not play any fancy tricks and were even very disciplined.
They used overwhelming artillery fire suppression to enable their infantry to get close to the trenches to attack, and then there was a massacre.
What makes the Japanese army even more frustrated is that they are very familiar with this combat mode. This is the mode they use when fighting the Chinese army. Even if they only have a group of thousands of people, they dare to attack a division of the Chinese army.
and defeat them.
Now, the situation is completely reversed. The Chinese are a regiment, but they have beaten a division of theirs to the point of losing their temper. An infantry brigade was attacked by more than a hundred Chinese, or at most a company, and almost the entire army was annihilated.
Can this battle still be fought?
Yes, in the hearts of the Japanese army, it is no longer a question of whether they can win, but whether they can still fight. As for the Chinese tactics of pure firepower suppression and then attack, what did they use to crack it? There is no way.
All the heavy weapons were exhausted in Luo Wenyu's battle.
Compared with the once proud 92 heavy machine gun, Taisho 11 young machine gun, Type 38 rifle and Chinese machine guns, high-rate machine guns and various types of mortars and mountain cannons, the Xiaomi plus rifle is the best
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This is really an unanswerable topic.
The dejected Japanese did not know that China's millions of troops were equipped with equipment that could only be called millets and rifles compared to their completely superior equipment. Four years later, nearly two million of them were stronger than them.
The men and horses fought for eight years.
Although they suffered heavy casualties, they remained tenacious. If their brainless senior management hadn't poked the American cowboy in the butt, causing the behemoth to brazenly join the war, China, which refused to surrender, might even have fought with them for another eight years.
However, all Japanese people were wrong.
If Liu Lang's plan could be guessed by the Japanese soldiers, then the Eighth Division probably wouldn't be in such a situation.
It's like two people playing chess. Now Liu Lang takes the lead. If he makes a move, the Eighth Division will respond with a move.
Not only did Liu Lang not continue the attack, but an entire battalion of soldiers who entered the trenches actually began to build fortifications on the basis of the Japanese trenches in the slight dusk. Six strange-looking but extremely sturdy tractors left, and six
However, the twin-mounted machine guns were left behind. The black muzzles of the three machine guns were pointed at the Japanese second line of defense in the front, two at the Japanese left flank position 800 meters away, and one at the right wing 1,000 meters away.
Cold sweat dripped from the foreheads of the Japanese commanders on the left and right flanks.
They have no idea where the Chinese will attack next.
If we look at the position of the positions, the central main position of the Japanese army, which has been occupied by the Great Wall Regiment, is like a wedge driven into the Japanese defense line. The three positions of the Japanese army are now like a "pin" shape surrounding this position.
In the past, the three brigades of Japanese troops on the three defense lines would have been clamoring to attack, attack, and attack again, and wiped out any Chinese who dared to be in such a position.
But now, their perspective on the problem has completely changed. They feel that the Chinese can attack their second line of defense, the left can attack their right wing, and the right can attack their left wing.
Well, this is a typical change in mentality and a change in the perspective of looking at problems.
In fact, it's not just a matter of mentality. The numerically superior Japanese army's combat effectiveness is no longer what it used to be. If they dare to rush out of the position, it will be their real death. The eight mountain cannons are not many, but the rate of fire of the eight can be as high as
The Type 41 mountain gun with 16 rounds per minute is enough to throw nearly 400 shells into the combat area within three minutes, which can completely cover an area of nearly 10,000 square meters.
Seemingly surrounded, the Japanese troops without artillery support had no courage to attack. What they were thinking about now was how to withstand the damn Chinese attack.
But what do the Chinese mean by this? More than 10,000 people in the Eighth Division, who could only wait for the Chinese to strike first, watched as the Chinese reinforced and strengthened the field fortifications under their eyes, just like they did
Same as Luo Wenyu.
"Damn the Chinese, what do they want to do?" Terube Tanibe circled back and forth in the headquarters like a trapped animal.
He has already stationed nearly 2,000 people from the last two infantry groups, including the remnants of the 16th Brigade, to the second line of defense. All the last twenty heavy machine guns and forty light machine guns of the division have been strictly ordered.
The Chinese are not allowed to shoot unless they charge. Their mission is to kill and injure the Chinese infantry before they are destroyed by the opponent's mortars. A large number of casualties.
Of course, Tanibe Terube was not an idiot. He soon realized that he had made a fatal mistake. No matter how powerful the Chinese army was, they had a shortcoming, that is, their number was too small, only more than 2,000 people.
Every infantryman is precious to them.
Only by targeting their infantry can the Chinese, who are like tarsal maggots, be forced to retreat. You must know that he has a strength of 15,000 people. Even if he lost 800 people before, he still has 14,000.
, even if it was three against one or four against one, he would still have the last laugh.
At the same time, in order to deal with the six battle fortresses that could be moved at will, Tanibe deployed eighteen grenade teams and scattered them throughout the second line of defense. Their only combat targets were those who pulled machine guns and wreaked havoc.
A scum fortress.
It has to be said that Terube Tanibe quickly found a strategy that targeted Liu Lang's offensive characteristics. Although he may not necessarily get what he wants, it will definitely give Liu Lang a headache.
Indeed, every time he lost an infantryman, Liu Lang's heart felt like a knife.
For example, just now, Xiangqiang annihilated 800 people from the Yamamoto Battalion with a fierce record of killing eight people and wounding 16 people. In the past, this would have been an epic victory, but the battalion commander Chi Dakui was scolded by Liu Lang.
head.
Liu Lang behaved like a prodigal, throwing artillery shells and shooting bullets wildly, and even smashed more than a dozen barrels of the mountain cannons that were precious to the national army. Why? To preserve this iron-blooded weapon that had gone through half a month of war.
The lives of soldiers.
Each one of them will be a fire, the most precious fire in the future all-out war against Japan. With them, they can support an army.
But with so many arrangements, Tanibe Terube was like a boxer who punched the air after gathering all his strength. Liu Lang actually stopped punching and instead built the fortifications diligently.
Does that mean? I won’t hit you anymore, you come and hit me!
Come on! Come on! Come and hit me! We have machine guns and cannons...and a lot of time...Liu Lang lit a cigarette and put his feet up on the table.
Looking at the dusk outside, he puffed out a puff of blue smoke and hummed a slutty ditty, which made all the officers in the headquarters look at him.